Hackers have gained access to a student information system used by North and South Carolina public schools. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction just got notified by the vendor, PowerSchool, about the data breach this week.

PowerSchool data breach compromises data of North Carolina Public School teachers and students George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter, and the internet was obsessed with the viral moment.

North Carolina public schools were impacted by a major data breach of teachers' and students' personal information in December, officials say.